MILLIE'S FIRST YEAR
I’d like to share some of my own adventures, of being a Kiwi with a passion for the outdoors. This story is a recap of ‘year one’ with my new hunting buddy Millie.
It all began early in 2018 with emails bouncing back and forth regarding a little heading pup. She was ready to be picked up from Darfield, so my wife and I packed up the ute and headed north to meet her. With our new addition to the family in a box on the back seat, we returned home and Millie soon settled in. I got some basic training underway immediately as there is no better time to start than from the word ‘go’. Straight away I picked up on Millie’s soft nature and her eagerness to please and this became a great asset to her as an indicating dog.
A couple of months went by and I kept
Millie away from the hunting scene, concentrating on steady training of the basics. This didn’t keep me out of the hills however – the roar was
